Nice Eclipse!

Nice Eclipse!

I had fun trying to get pictures of the eclipse. I decided not to use any of my telescopes, the 250 mm scope would have a much too small of a field of view to be of any use, the 80 mm scope would have been perfect if I was able to locate my solar filter.

So I ended up holding up one of the large filters I have and taking pictures with a Nikon Coolpix 830. Worst camera ever. Well maybe not ever, it does take decent daytime pictures for the most part. No viewfinder and the lack of manual control makes it pretty much useless for anything like what I want to use it for though.

After a few attempts and getting more than a few curious looks from passing traffic, I managed to get a few shots. I was a good deal north of the path of totality and this image was taken at the maximum eclipse I saw.

I want to fiddle around with some of the images to pull some color out if I can.

The other part of an eclipse I always notice but one hardly hears anything about is the color of the ambient light during the eclipse, it is different somehow. It’s like sunset without the long shadows.

After the eclipse was over I located that little filter too. It was right in the cabinet like it is supposed to be. It apparently was jostled and was under a different box of goodies.